republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-786.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Money transmissions."
description: "Existing law, the Money Transmission Act, provides for the regulation of money transmissions by the Department of Financial Institutions and the Commissioner of Financial Institutions. The Governor's Reorganization Plan No. 2, as of July 1, 2013, abolished the Department of Financial Institutions and transferred its responsibilities to the Department of Business Oversight and the Commissioner of Business Oversight."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 786"
citation: "California AB 786 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Money transmissions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dickinson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2013-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b5c2b2a-669c-4f51-94ce-82dcea4882e0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB786"
source_hash: "c8d0856a2d60b56f8c2ad642f60659662cafd34690ed0457228b24fb0172070c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 786 (20132014) — Money transmissions.

Existing law, the Money Transmission Act, provides for the regulation of money transmissions by the Department of Financial Institutions and the Commissioner of Financial Institutions. The Governor's Reorganization Plan No. 2, as of July 1, 2013, abolished the Department of Financial Institutions and transferred its responsibilities to the Department of Business Oversight and the Commissioner of Business Oversight.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/21/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB786&version=20130AB78699INT)
2. **06/06/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB786&version=20130AB78698AMD)
3. **06/20/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB786&version=20130AB78697AMD)
4. **08/26/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB786&version=20130AB78696AMD)
5. **10/04/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB786&version=20130AB78694CHP)
6. **AB786** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB786)
7. **09/12/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB786&version=20130AB78695ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 786 DICKINSON Assembly Third Reading — **72–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB786 Dickinson By Correa — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 786 DICKINSON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dickinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2013-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2013-03-04** Referred to Com. on B. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-04** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2013-04-22** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2013-04-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 1. Page 1572.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-06** Referred to Com. on B. & F.I. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.I. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-06-17** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2013-06-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.I. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-07-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-07-11** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2013-08-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-26** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2107.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-04** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 6 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-09-06** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2924.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2013-10-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 533, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b5c2b2a-669c-4f51-94ce-82dcea4882e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).